Historical myths that reallly get on your tits

[DrDeth]

@Colibri

The Battle of the Alamo was fought for the cause of freedom. Actually, one of the issues that provoked the Texas War of Independence was the fact that Mexico had abolished slavery, and many of the Texans were slave holders who wanted to keep their property. (Two of the survivors of the Alamo were slaves that had belonged to William Travis and Jim Bowie; the victorious Mexicans gave them their freedom.)

Altho that’s true, the number of black slaves in Texas at that time was small (Maybe 5000?). Really what caused the break was the * Siete Leyes* (Seven Laws) of 1835, which also caused several other Mexican states to proclaim independence. The Mexican government had also offered immigrants a exemption from Property taxes for 10 years, but rescinded it. Also of course people of American descent outnumbered those of Mexican descent in the area by more than 4-1.

So, no doubt slavery was part of it, but it’s not like that was THE core basis, as in the Civil War.